EXCLUSIVE: Insurgent Moon star Staz Nair is changing Sacha Dhawan as lead of upcoming Bradford-set BBC crime thriller Virdee.
Physician Who star Dhawan has dropped out resulting from scheduling points, Deadline is instructed, and can be changed within the Harry Virdee function by the actor who has additionally appeared in Sport of Thrones and Supergirl.
The difference of AA Dhand‘s thriller, which Dhand is penning, has unveiled full solid together with Aysha Kala (Felony File, Indian Summers) as Saima Virdee, Harry’s spouse, Nina Singh (The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry) as Tara Virdee, Harry’s niece and a eager crime reporter, with Vikash Bhai (Crossfire, Limbo) taking part in Harry’s brother-in-law Riaz Hyatt. Kulvinder Ghir (Basis, Blinded By The Mild) and Sudha Bhuchar (Expats, Guidelines of the Sport) will play Harry Virdee’s mother and father, Ranjit and Jyoti. Different solid embody Elizabeth Berrington (Good Omens), Danyal Ismail (All of the Lights Nonetheless Burning) and Tomi Might (Line of Responsibility).
Hans Zimmer has been confirmed as composer of the theme music.
Revealed on the Edinburgh TV Competition alongside Sally Wainwright and Nicôle Lecky exhibits, Virdee follows the eponymous detective disowned by his Sikh household for marrying Saima, who’s Muslim. Harry struggles with the abandonment and now together with his younger son, Aaron, rising up and asking questions, thinks it is likely to be time to try to reunite together with his household. His private life in chaos, he should now search out a serial killer focusing on the Asian group.
“It’s an absolute honour to be taking over this vibrant and complicated story about assimilating tradition and what we’re prepared to do to guard who and what we love,” mentioned Nair. “This present leads with vulnerability greater than any detective drama I’ve ever seen, and it’s a privilege to be bringing AA Dhand’s hope for his metropolis to life.”
Dhawan added: “I’ve stepped down from Virdee resulting from scheduling however wish to want everybody the very best of luck with the collection.”
Nair performed the nobleman Tarak in Zack Snyder’s hit Netflix house opera Insurgent Moon final yr and had a recurring function as Qhono in Sport of Thrones Seasons 6 to eight. He performed William Dey in The CW’s Supergirl and in addition featured within the pilot episode of critically-rated Channel 4 comedy We Are Woman Components.
The collection is being produced by Magical Society’s new UK arm, which is overseen by Saving Mr Banks producer Paul Trijbits. It’s tailored for the display screen by Dhand and directed by Mark Tonderai (Physician Who, Basis). The collection is govt produced by Trijbits for Magical Society, Dhand, and Jo McClellan for the BBC. Cineflix Rights is the unique worldwide distribution associate exterior of the UK.
Multi-award-winner Zimmer (Interstellar, The Darkish Knight) will compose the Virdee title theme with James Everingham and Shashwat Sachdev from Bleeding Fingers. They can even work on the collection rating with trainees from Bleeding Fingers and Display Academy Bradford, to provide the trainees hands-on expertise of composing for the display screen.
